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The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24
Too Much For the COnjurcr.

A Turkish paper says that Professor
Herman, the conjurer, who recently
died at Carlsbad, was IA great iavorlte
with the late Sultan Abdul Aziz, and used
10 get thousand pounds Turkish for
each performance, Once, after exhibit
ing two pigeons, a white one and black
one, he managed TO put the black head on
the white bird, and vice versa, which so
pleased the sultan that he ordered a
black slave and a white slave to he
brought in, and requested that the trick
be repeated with them. Herman was
forced to acknowledge that he could not
do it.-EpOch,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

An official report to the British Govern
mcnt states that the yearly cotton crop
of Japan is about 1871, 900, 900 pounds.
The manufacture of the staple is of the
most primitive description. 1t is almost
entirely domestic industry, gin, spindle
and loom being found in the house Of
the farmer on whose land the plant is
grown, the female members of the house
doing the spinning and weaving.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

The relative increase in population in
Canada is much less than in the United
States. Indeed, it could not be other
wise while so many of those immigrants
who seek Canada as place of settle
ment move from that country to the
United States every year. 1t is fact
that the number who leave Canada to
settle in the United States exceeds the
number of those who, emigrating from
other countries, settle in Canada. "The
United States, says the CuItioatOr, "of-
fers better facilities for the improvement
of the condition of the intelligent and
industrious immigrant than Canada
Affords
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24
morning.

The Virginia New Enterprise says
that "about three thousand head Of sheep
are now finding abundant pasturage in
the vicinity of this city, where twenty
years ago whippoorwill could not fly
over the country without carrying sack
of provisions. Gradually the summer
season here has changed. We now have
considerable showers and grass where
but two decades ago all was drought and
harrcnness
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

A lately dead woman of Racine, Wis. 9,
must have been a very popular person:
After her death recently, the bereaved
widower invited all who had been kind
TO her in her last illness to attend little
banquet in her honor, and it is estimated
that 5000 persons congregated to take
'sn active part in the feast The guests
cefebrated with such enthusiasm that
the town became a very bright red before
mnrn1nr
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

Many persons do not know that JcfTer-
son Davis is blind of an eye; and more
do not know how he was thus afflicted.
When he was about fourteen years old he
and his cousin, Joseph L. Davis, were
shooting with crossbows at a mark on a
"a e stump. One Of the bolts fired by
\ ung jefferson flew back and struck
squarely in the eye, putting it COM
.elv out.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

The Sucz Canal cost less than 500, OOO,-
600. Two hundred and seventy
millions of dollars have been expended
upon the Panama Canal, and the pros
pect is that the project win have to be
abandoned.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24
THE HEART.

The heart hath chambers twain
Wherein do dwell
Twin brothers, Joy and Pain.
When waketh Joy in one,
Still calmly
Pain slumbers in his own.
Oh joy, thy bliss restrain,
Speak softly,
Lest thou should'st waken Pain.
From the German.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

The latest theory regarding the origin
OF natural gas is not that the gas is pro-
duct of petroleum deposits, but just the
reverse, namely, that the petroleum sup
ply is product of rcsiduum of the ma
furol oroe
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

Americans are not much given to sui
eide. The ayerage.American appears to
prefer working himself to death or dying
of dyspepsia. Only Spain, Russia and Scot
land show fewer cases of self destruction
than the United States. The number of
suicides each year per 1000 inhabitants
has been computed with tolerable ac-
cnracv as follows:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

The young lady for whom Mrs. Stubs
washed smiled kindly at the queer, tat
tered figure, as she took the basket of
clothes.
"What is your nameln she inquired
General Butler Stubbs.n
"What are you going to do to earn
such name, Generalm
Don't know, Miss" said General,
with puzzled expression, for he had no
idea his name was more peculiar than
Tom or Dick.
"The business of general is to fight
and conquer the enemy continued the
lady. "What enemy are you going to
conquerl"
''Dey done fit dc wah, Miss. Ma she
heard de guns wh,n dey fit at Big
Bethel"
"But, General, there are other battles
to be fought, Perhaps you are the one
who is going to fight against sin an ig-
narance."
II reckon L is, Miss said the lad,
with a growing feeling of Importance.
though with but vague idea of the
meaning of her words.
"Dis yer General should orter fight
gainst sin m ignorance, he said to him
self on his way home. "Old Father
Parker say tits a sin to play marbles, " he
thought, as he saw group OF boys in
dulging in that amusement, and recalled
a powerful discourse he had heard a few
Sundays previous on the text: ''AIarble
not, brethercn.
lie auickcned his space, with the idea
Of beginning the fight against sin then
and there, by pitching into those bad
boys at once; but it suddenly occurred
TO him that he himself had been guilty of
playing marbles only the day before, and
even now was in possession of two of
those wicked, fascinating toys. He tried
to forget them, but could not. They
seemed to burn in his pocket, and at last,
as he crossed the bridge, he held them
behind him, so that he could not sec
them, and dropped them into the water.
Poor, foolish, ignorant General! But
perhaps this hard-won victory was not
in vain; it may have made him stronger
TO fight the real enemy.
A few days after thiStkere came very
high ps family was
obliged e45f Weir little cabin,
and fin q what accommodations they could
among their neighbors.
"'Dar's right smart oh us" said tho
General to himself, "an' it's a pretty
night; so Use Just gwine to stay out,
and he strolled aimiessly along toward
''de Pint" lie passed the hotel, and
came out upon the sandy beach which
lies in front of Fortress Monroe.
On one side were the high ramparts
bristling with guns, and on the Othe
the broad expanse Of the Chesapeake
| When darkness came on, he stretched
himself on the sand close to the water
battery, and fell asleep. He awoke afte
a short nap, feeling uncomfortably cool
and began to consider what he could dc
| TO better his situation.
On the beach, a short-distance from
the water battery, was monster gun
which was lying there ready for ship
ment. Into this he crawled, feet fore
most, and found to his satisfaction that i
Afforded protection from the wind, an'
Nas, therefore, warmer than his bed ol
the sand. To be sure, it was rather hard
and there was not much room in whicl
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24
The Wild Waves Marble.

"What are the wild waves saying
Sister, the whole day long"
Come where the surf is spraying,
List to their loud, gay song
las We splash,
Dash,
Crash,
With a rumble,
A grumble
And roar,
We splutter,
And fiutter,
And mutter,
There always isroom for one morer
Hotel MdH
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24

The Senate of Pennsylvania has passed
bill providing for the inhiction Of the
death penalty by electricity.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1887-08-24
NOSE STUBBSS BOY.
BY EMILE ToLMAN.

III EMILE JOIMAN.
Central! 600 Gen'ralr
A stout negro woman, after uttering
this cry several times, turned slowly back
to her cabin, muttering TO herself,
What's dat good-fur-nuflin' chap at
nowp
Just then bundle of rags, with a
pair of black feet at one end, and a woolly
head, surrounded by the fragments of n
straw hat, at the other, came slowly up
the yard.
Z" Here is, ma, drawled the lad.
An lucky fur yer, too answered the
woman, with an air that limited at dire
ful consequences in case hc had failed to
appear at that exact minute. "Now,
Central, want yer to tote dis yer basket
oh clo'es obcr to dc Pint, to Miss Ben
sons; am don yer be long bout it,
nuthcr."
General placed the basket on his head,
and with his hands in his pockets,
walked composedly down the alley.
General was born soon aftcrhis parents
were pronounced 'contraband of war;
by General Butler; and, out of gratitude
for his protection, they named their son
General Butler Stubbs, and General he
was always called His father, Moses
Stubbs, managed by oystering and doing
odd jobs that fell in his way TO keep his
large family from starving, but could do
little more than that.
The cabin which they calle home was
little, one-story shauty, leaning discon-
solatcly against mud chimney which
looked scarcely able to support itself, not
to mention holding up the house besides.
1t consisted of ono room, and that not
large but it managed to contain at night
Moses Stubs, his wife, and seven chill
drcn, of whom General, now a lad of
thirteen, was the oldest. | say at night,
for it would hardly accommodate so
many people awake and moving about.
If it ever Glanced that they were all at
home during the day some of them would
sit out in the yard. One Of those numer-
ous inlets from the sea which intersect
the eastern part of Virginia came up close
TO their back door. This was, on some
accounts, great convenience, for at low
tide they dug out of the mud many q
good meal of clans aud oysters.
General had once been to school few
weeks, and had lcarcd to read easy words
in large print, an accomplishment OF
which his mother was very proud; but
now he was old enough to help at home,
he was not allowed to continue the pur-
suit of learning. lie still kept in II chink
between the boards or tire cabin, with q
broken knife blade and a piece of col
ored glass, few leaves of a book, which
he had vague idea would some day
prove the ''open sesame" of knowedgC
and riches.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22

Nervous Debility, Seminal weakness,
Exhausted Vitality, Lost Manhood land all
the terrible effects Of selfabuse and excuses in maturei
ness Of vision, aversion to society, the vital fluid passing
snobseryed in the urine. and other symptoms thatlead
toinsanity and death. Young and Middle-aged
Men suffering from the above should consult Us a,
CONSULTATION FREE. Chemical Analysis,
including thorough microscopic examinations Of the
urine. Is. An honest opinion given in all cases. We
furnish The Great English Remedy, Sir
Ashley CoeBser's Vital Restorative at D. a
bottle or four times the quantity, tro.
SAMPLE BOTTLE FREE
TO anyone stating symptoms, sex and age. Address
ENGLISH MEDICAL DIBPENSARY
No. IL kearny 81. san Francisco. Cal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22

THIS PAPER 4 Il. . .s 1. c. g.
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for advertising can be made for IL.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22
Tn. Forgot.

Brakeman-But don't you think that
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teen hours work on the top Of a freight
cart
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES you forget thst
We charge nothing for travelling. Let's
zee; you ride something like 300 miles
daily, and IL doesn't cost You . cent
Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22

incorporated in 1868 for Is years BY the Legisls.
ture for educational and Charitable purposes
With a capital Of $1,000, 0OO-to which q reserve
fund Of over S550.00 has since been added.
By an overwhelmins popular vote It's franchise
was made . part Of the present State Constitution
adopted December ID. A. ID 1879.
The only Lottery ever voted on and endorsed by
he people Of any State.
II never scales or postpones.
It's Grand Single Number Drawings take
place monthly, and the Grand Semi-Annual
Drawings regularly every six months(June
and D~ecemberD
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22
II never scales or postpones

A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO WIN
a fORTUNE. SEVENTH GRAND DRAWING.
CLASS I: IN THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC,
~lssI-s08th Monthly Drawing.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22

An atomizer TO moisten the air OF any
room, particularly for use in milk, % the
invention a Professor Fisher, OF Lowell.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22

Application for rates 70 clubs should b made
only 10 the once Of the Company In Nsv Orleans.
For further information writs elsarly, giving
Ordsn. or NOV York Exchange IN ordinary letter.
Currency BY Exprsas tst our sxpsnss) sddressed
n. A. DAUPBIN.
New Orleans, L..
or M. A. DAUPBTN,
Washington, D.. ..
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22

lnhoe who ere given 10 the US Of
cAlornl should know thnt v dissnse
q W. sys + caused by IL continued -
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-06-22

which 10 S~crofu1ous Disease OF the
Lungs, is promptly and certainly arrested
before the last stages of The disease are reached.
From its wonderful power over this terribly
fatal disease, wnen first Offering this now Gel
ebrated remedy to the public, Dr.. PIERCE
sumption Cure,, ,ut~ abandoned that name
as too limited for q medicine which, from lie
wonderful combination OF tonic, or strenpthe-,
ing, Alternative, or blood-cleansing, anti-bil.y 4,
not only as n remedy Tor consumption of the
lungs, but for all
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
Arrested for Murder After Seventeen Years.

HUNTSVILLE, ALA, July 26.-
Special Deputy Porter, of Morgan
county, arrived IN this city yester-
day morning, bringing an indict-
ment found by the grand jury OF
Morgan county in the fall of 1870,
charging j. VI. Garrison with the
murder of Miles johnson and
Deputy Sheriff Fulgham. Porter
found Garrison in the postoilice
and executed the paper. Garrison
was placed in Jail here to await the
action of the Morgan county
authorities. Since the murder was
committed Garrison has lived a
rowing life in different Southern
States. After a number OF years
he returned to Somerville, Ala,
where the indictment was on file.
Here he followed his vocation OF
sewing.machine and clock-repairer
for some time. Finally he went to
Decatur, and from there came to
Huntsville, where he was arrested.
Garrison's family, consisting OF
wife and eight children, are living
near Orlando postofhce, Marshall
county. Ala.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
THE VIRGINIA STORY,
GCbicago fnter-Ocean.

Chicago lnter-Ocean'I
Turning States evidence by ex-
Commissioner Lynn recalls story
of old Virginia which We are
tempted to repea.. 1t was in the
early days of old Virginia, when
the lawyers wore wigs and gowns
in true English st;le. In one OF
the remote country towns court
was i'm session when it was an
nounced that distinguished
preacher was to hold services IN a
church near by. BY general con-
sent of the bar and bench 1t was
resolved to adjourn court and at
tend church IN a body out of re-
spect to the preacher. Led 10y the
Oldest and most prominent mem.
bers of the bar, IN wig and gown,
they proceeded to the church' Oh'
fortunately they were somewhat
late, and the sermon was already
underway when they entered the
church door. Marching down the
aisle TO secure seats they created
quite sensation, and the minister,
who had not been Informed OF
their intention, supposing they had
come to disturb the meeting,
pointed his finger at the venerable
leader and said "ThOu hoary old
sinner, will bear witness against
Won in the court above" Astonish-
ed and indignant, the old lawyer,
raising himself to his full height,
levelIed his finger at the preacher
and thus spoke: "Sir, | have
practiced law nigh on to fifty years,
and have always found that 1t
was the d-est rascal who turns
States evidence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
ANOTHER FORTUNE BUT NO HEIRS,

IneTe HAS Dtcll 80 luuCH "iiONOh
about vast fortunes and unclaimed
estates in Europe to which heirs in
America are entitled without any
of them having materialised, that
the mere mention of such things
causes an incredulous smile to play
over the auditors cOuntenance.-
But truth is issOmetimes strangerth than
fiction, and there is something fas-
cinating in thinking of a large sum
of money awaiting unknown heirs.
Not only that, but the heirs to this
estate in all probability are resi-
dents Of Virginia. Mr.. W. W.
Cosby, attorney at law of this city,
who has been retained for the pur.
pose of finding the heirs to the un'
claimed thousands and putting
them in possession of the same has
furnished the following interesting
facts:
About two years ago a man by
the name of John II. McCann, died
IN the West leaving a large estate,
to which no one has ever put in a
claim, and which IS still in abey-
ance, awaiting the heirs or next
of kin. McCann is believed to
have been born in Virginia, was an
Irish American of dark complexion,
curly hair, and Protestant. He
had lived in North Carolina, Penn
sylyania and many years in Cali
fornia. SO far as was known, Nc
Cam was never married, and there
fore his estate will go, under the
laws of the state where he died, to
his next of kin, even if they are
tenth cousins, if they can be found.
Richmond State.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
DGatlOf President JlO. Taylor.

THE LEADER OF THE MORMON
CHURCH DIES WHILE HIDING
FROM THE LAW.
John TAYLOR, president of the
Mormon Church, died Monday
night July 25th. John Taylor was
born in England in 1908. lie
Joined the Methodist Church in
England, and emigrated to Canada
in 1882. In 1886 Taylor was bap-
tised into the Mormon Church, and
in 1888 Joseph Smith had the
"revelatlon" naming Taylor as
among the twelve apostles. lie
did much missionary work for the
church for twenty years IN the Isle
of Man, England, Scotland, Ire
land, France, and Wales. He was
also editor of various church pa
pers. He was with Joseph Smith in
the Carthage jail and received four
shots when the assailants opened
fire. Another bullet lodged in his
watch, which saved his life. He
published the book of Mormon in
French and issued a newspaper in
New York city in 1854 called the
Mormon. He was president of the
twelve apostles when Brigham
Young died in 1877, and as such
remained at the head of the church
till 1880, when he organized the
first presidency anew, taking the
chief place himself, which he held
till death. After the passage OF
the Edmunds law of 1882 he pre-.
tended to give up his wives, but
constantly preached that no Nor
mon could do this, and nobody
believed he bad done it. He was
indicted early in 1885. He last
appeared in public on February J.
1885, and since then he has been in
hiding from the officers of the law.
TAYLOR was one of the earliest and
frmest adherents of Polygamy, yet
after adopting it he took occasion
to deny that such practice pre-
vailed among the Mormons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
BABY LIFE INSURANCE.
HOW 1T IS GROWING THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY.

IHE COUNJ nj
DETROIT. Mich, July 23.-"Ba.
By life insurance Is becoming quite
extensive" said an insurance man
of this city to-day. "There are
over 100000 children between one
and twelve years old insured in the
United States. Four companies
carry this business, and there are
1,200 children between one and
twelve years insured IN Detroit
They are mostly the children OF
workingmen, and the insurance IS
usually carried to defray funeral
expenses in case OF death. a Oa-
by cannot be insured until 1t at
tains the age Of at least one year.
The premium is paid, as a rule,
weekly, and is five cents a week In
all cases. In case the child dies
within three months after the issu-
ance of the policy it is void. Deaths
after that time give the beneficiary
a Just claim against the company
If the child dies within one year
the benefit amounts to Sl4; sec
ond year, so; third, s24; fourth
s2S; fifth, s31 ; sixth, $50; sew
enth, $40; eighth, $50; ninth, 500
tenth, so; eleventh, $50, and
twelfth year, Sl23. The policy oil
course may be carried on until
death. When the child's seventh
wear is reached the premium may
be increased to ten cents week
when the death benefit will be
double.
Gould not interested persons
take out a number of policies OF
each child and thus make BABY
murder profitable! ~ asked the re
porter. $40, sir The terms o
the policy are that if second poll
cy be taken out in this or any o
the other companies, the first shal
booo,oo ..oid and of M accOuDt.-
The baby business is coming int
more and more favor. The weekly
plan is favored because the money
they give 10 it is money they woul'
otherwise fool away. We have col
lectors 20 around and take up th'
premiums every week, and man.
a child would be buried by chart.
if it were not for our benefits
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
Nine Men Injured
BY THE EXPLOSION OF A KEG OF
POWDER AT BLUE RIDGE
SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.

ROANOKE, VA, July 27.-Dur-
ing the progress of the storm yes
terday afternoon, while a number
ct men had sought shelter from the
rain in the porch Of Mr.. w. Speck-
ard, at Blue Ridge Springs, a keg
of powder exploded and burned
and more or less injured nine per-
sons. 1t seems that some men
we're engaged IN blasting rock in a
we'll being dug on Mr.. Speckard's
premises, and when the storm COM
menced the keg OF powder and
some fuses were carried into the
porch. Among the fuses was one
which had failed to ignite in the
well. A young brakeman named
John Chapman, took this up and
remarking that it would not burn,
applied a lighted match to If and
then threw it into the top Of the
keg OF gun powder. The cOlOred
man jumped up and as he did so,
the fuse and some sparks from 1t,
ignited the powder in the keg, and
a terrible explosion followed. Chap
man was blown out Of the porch a
distance OF twenty feet, another
young man named Henry Thomp-
son was blown over the railing into
the yard. Seven others, three OF
them white aud four colOred, we're
blown in various directions, and all
of them severely burned about the
face, heads and body. The in
iuries of Chapman and Thompson
we're the most serious, the latter
being at last accounts in a critical
condition. DR.. Bown, the resident
physician of Blue Ridge Springs,
and DR.. Hummell a visitor there,
heard the explosion and at once
went to the assistance of the suf-
ferers. Drs. Jeter and Tyree Of
Conyers Springs were also sent for
Ned Clements, Vernon, Mcclure,
and Sam Fuqua, three who hap.
pened to be in the porch when the
explosion occurred, we're severely
burned, but are not dangerously
hurt. Constant Pruente, colored
man was badly burned about the
shoulders, arms, and on the left
side. The name of the three other
colored men could not be ascertai n
|
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
An Enterprising, Reliable
House.

Mr.. B. Schmitt can always be
relied upon, not only to carry in
stock the best Of everything, but
to secure the Agency for such arti.
cles as have well.knOwn merit, and
are popular with the people, there.
by sustaining the reputation OF
being alway 1terprising, and re-
liable. Havh. ecured the Agency
for the celebrated DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, will
sell it on a positive guarantee. 1t
will surely cure any and every
affection of the Throat, Lungs, and
Chest, and to show our confidence,
we invite you to call and get a
Trial Bottle Free.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-05
Wonderful Cures.

w. d. Hoyt & Co., Wholesale
and Retail Druggists of Rome, Ga,
SAYS We have been selling DR..
Kings New Discovery, Electric
Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve
for two years. Have never handled
remedies that sell as well, or give
such universal satisfaction. There
have been some wonderful cures
effected by these medicines in this
city. Several eases of pronounced
Consumption have been entirely
cured by use of few bottles of
DR.. Kings New Discovery, taken
in connection with Electric Bitters
We guarantee them always.
Sold by B. Schmitt.